Paper roll holder



Feb. 19, 1952 K. BAAR 2,586,501

PAPER ROLL HOLDER Filed Sept. 25, 1949 ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 19, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAPER ROLL HOLDER Karl Baar, J anesville, Wis. Application September 23, 1949, Serial No. 117,367

1 Claim.

My invention refers to toilet or other roll paper housings, and it has for its object to provide a simple and economical housing wherein rolls of paper may be renewed and predetermined lengths of the paper are cut off for use by drawing said lengths through a slot, below the rounded surface hinge of a foldable cover. The lower front face of the housing terminates with a tooth cutting edge below the cover hinge. The rear wall of the housing is anchored by screws to any wall and the free edge of the cover is snugly fitted against the sealed mouth edge of the rear wall of the housing, whereby users of the device will not readily notice that the cover may be lifted for the purpose of extracting a full roll of paper from said housing.

Another object of my invention is to provide the end walls of the housing with offset channel pockets, for the reception of the core of a paper roll, the same being readily slid into and held in its proper position for rotating the roll and for cutting off a length of the same.

It is understood that when a section of the paper roll is drawn off, it will engage the rounded surface of the cover hinge to eliminate friction, and thereafter the length of the paper is cut off by depressing the same against the cutting teeth space from said hinge, whereby the slot is formed.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially a hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed ac-- cording to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a toilet paper housing embodying the features of my invention, parts being broken away and in section to more clearly illustrate structural feature, the section being indicated by line l-l of Figure 3.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the same, the section being indicated by line 2-2 of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the housing and associated paper roll, the section being indicated by line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring by characters to the drawing, A indicates a wall against which the rear face I of a rectangular housing is fitted and removably attached to screws through keyhole slots I.

The housing comprises a rectangular box having an open mouth, a closed bottom 2 and end walls 2', which end walls have semi-circular portions 3, 3 extending above the mouth of the box. The extensions 3 are formed with vertically disposed offset channel pockets 4, which pockets are provided for the reception of a core B, which carries a standard roll of paper C, the core being adapted to slidably engage the channel pockets, whereby the roll of paper is rotated in an unwinding operation.

The end walls 2' of the housing have hingedly mounted therein a semi-circular cover 5 mounted at. the front face of the housing and the free edge of this cover, when closed, engages the wall and the edge of the box mouth as best indicated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The bottom wall 2 of the box is folded upwardly at the front face of said box and it terminates with a longitudinal row of cutting teeth 6, which teeth are spaced a predetermineddistance below the cover hinge, whereby a slot is formed through which the end B' of the roll extends.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that in order to draw off a length of paper from the roll, the end B of the paper is pulled outwardly through the slot at approximately a horizontal position, whereby it will engage the rounded surface of the cover hinge and thus freely be withdrawn from the roll without a tendency to break, due to the fact that it is dragged over the rounded surface of the hinge. Thereafter, when the proper length is obtained, it is cut from the roll by depressing the extracted len th against the cutting teeth 6 which form the bottom of the slot, it being understood that in the event the loose .end of the roll should drop back into the housing, it can readily be grasped through the slot for the purpose of extracting a length of paper.

It is also apparent when the paper roll is depleted, it can be readily removed by opening the cover 5 and inserting the core with a new roll into the housing channels.

I claim:

A holder for a roll of toilet paper comprising a ho sing including a bottom wall having an upwardly and forwardly extending front flan e provided'with cutting teeth, a rear wall and end walls connected with the bottom wall, said rear end Walls extending above the flange, and a cover pivotally secured at its front edge to the side walls in spaced relation to the cutting teeth of the front flange defining in conjunction therewith a dispensing slot for the paper pulled off the roll, the lower front edge of the cover constituting a smooth pull surface over Which the paper can slide during the pulling of the paper oil" of the roll.

KARL BAAR.

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